Introduction to Urban Water Technology
DTU Department of Environmental Engineering
Main objectives of the course are to establish a professional framework for PhD students, companies and universities where the PhD students can develop shared professional outlooks and discuss future research initiatives. The course will act as an ”incubator” for specialists within the urban water technology field and a vehicle for strengthening the R&D co‐operation between companies and university partners. In this way the course will provide the PhD students with a broader perspective on the individual projects and give inspiration for the future carrier.
Learning objectives:
A student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to:
- Identify the urban water sector and main actors in this field.
- Communicate research results to other types of professionals within the water sector
- Presentation technique
- Make a scientific oral presentation of obtained results.
- Prepare a scientific abstract.
- Give constructive feed back to peers.
- Conduct a peer review of scientific papers.
- Construct a strong professional Network.
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Contents:
The course is a portfolio course, i.e. each PhD student composes an individually course plan based on pre‐identified activities, e.g. Project progress seminars or similar, where each participant e.g.: Prepare an abstract Make an oral presentation of the conducted research Act as prepared opponent on selected presentations Gets feedback from all the university supervisors and industry representatives acting as external supervisors Get feedback on the oral presentation from the main supervisor based on a video recording of the presentation Are exposed to a wide range of research activities in the Urban Water field Get presentations from externally invited Experts Communicate in English Technical excursions to selected industries or exhibitions Seminars given by external, international Experts Scientific article discussion Clubs Prepare a critical review of scientific papers Get inspiration to construction of tables and figures to present results Learn by discussing the papers how to present, discuss, evaluate and conclude from the data and evidence Others